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Thomson Reuters: Beyond Brexit – navigating a new beginning
After four-and-a-half years of legal and political wrangling, fraught negotiations and business uncertainty, the United Kingdom (UK) reached agreement with the European Union (EU) on their future relationship.
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GDPR and Brexit: Do UK law firms still need to comply?
On 1st January 2021, the Brexit transition period ended. For UK-registered businesses and law firms, this means that they are no longer bound to EU laws – including the EU GDPR.
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Naq Cyber: Goodbye GDPR, hello data protection act
As of the 1st January 2021, the UK is now a third country under the EU GDPR legislation. This means that the GDPR is now no longer applicable to UK registered businesses. However, the UK has already incorporated the entire GDPR legislation into UK law with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK-GDPR (which is a UK version […]
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Converge TS: Your IT risk assessments will be wrong from May 2018
Law firm managers are well versed in carrying out risk assessments to justify and make decisions around IT spend. However, from May next year, risk assessments become more complex when the GDPR comes into force. Article 32 of the GDPR states: “Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the […]
READ MORE >> Converge TS: The five biggest IT threats to your firm’s GDPR compliance
Law firms hold a wealth of sensitive information, all of which will be subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specifically, Article 5 of the GDPR requires that personal data shall be: “processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental […]
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HBR Consulting explains how to prepare for new data regulations in Europe
A surprising 80 percent of international IT professionals say they know little to nothing about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a Dell survey. And a staggering 97 percent said their organizations do not have a plan for complying with the new mandatory regulation. The GDPR is replacing the EU Data Protection Directive […]
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